Chronicle of Higher Education

Many colleges have created programs to support military and veteran students, but few have any sense of whether those programs are effective.

The decision to oust Teresa Sullivan as president showed a "failure of judgment" by a board led by a "headstrong rector."

A developmental math program unveiled by the Carnegie Foundation shows promise of helping students get past courses that keep many from graduating.

Mr. Hayward, who holds a Ph.D. in American studies, describes the three-year post as an "experiment." His goal is to help students become better thinkers.

Though most said they were not familiar with the new pontiff, one said, "This is a person who appears to understand the role of the university rather well."

Faculty members are voting this week on John E. Sexton's leadership, but they're divided over whether the president will change his ways.

With attention focused on legislation for 2014, House and Senate lawmakers are still trying to craft spending measures for the 2013 fiscal year, already nearly half over.

The honors, from the Education Writers Association and the Society for News Design, include three first-place prizes.

The sequester will have severe consequences for some student-aid programs, university research, and college-prep efforts, but the details still aren't clear.

For students at one community college, life hinges on small moments, and breaking points come at every turn.

Scholars of children's issues at the scandal-shaken university plan to hire a dozen faculty members who can do the type of research that has been lacking.

The retired law professor has reinvented himself as a go-to resource for colleges in trouble over sports.

International diversity in the world of research papers has grown significantly and will continue to do so, a study shows.

As jobs get harder to find, Ph.D.'s are spending big bucks for new services designed to help them, but seeing little return on their investments.

McGill's choice is Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Read about that and other job-related news.

The 2.1-percent rise was slightly higher than last year's, while the gap between increases at public and private institutions narrowed.